7 Chilled Overnight Oatmeal Recipes For When It’s Too Hot Out To Cook

Done right, oatmeal makes a healthy and filling breakfast. But as the temperature creeps up to summer-level heat, a hot bowl of oats is probably the last thing you want to eat. That's where these cool and creamy overnight oats come in. Stock up on Mason jars ($4; shop.prevention.com), prep a few recipes, and get ready to enjoy your daily oatmeal fix—without breaking a sweat. (Looking for more simple, healthy recipes? Try Prevention's new 10-minute meals and 10-minute workouts to lose weight for good. Get Fit in 10: Slim and Strong for Life today!)

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Strawberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats

Fit Foodie Finds

These dessert-inspired oats from Fit Foodie Finds may taste indulgent, but they actually get their creamy texture from a wholesome puree of fresh strawberries, almond milk, and Greek yogurt. Along with rolled oats, this recipe also features fiber-rich chia seeds, crushed graham crackers, and strawberry jam, which provide that quintessential cheesecake flavor. Trying to avoid added sugar? Ditch the jam and grahams and use sliced berries and unsweetened coconut as toppings instead. (If cheesecake is your weakness, try these 6 other clean ways to get your fix.)

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Orange Infused Overnight Steel Cut Oats

Running to the Kitchen

If you prefer steel cut oats to rolled, you'll want to try this zesty jar of goodness by Gina of Running to the Kitchen. She soaks her oats in a mixture of almond milk, fresh-squeezed orange juice, vanilla and orange extracts, plus spices, chia seeds, and syrup. Come morning, all you have to do is grab a spoon and add a touch more milk to thin out your porridge.

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Baklava Overnight Oats

The Big Man's World

Baklava for breakfast? It's an entirely reasonable option if you follow the lead of Arman of The Big Man's World. He heats oats in a mixture of almond milk and rosewater essence ($4; jet.com), then adds cinnamon, salt, honey, and vanilla protein powder ($65 for 2 lb; shop.prevention.com) before refrigerating the mixture overnight. In the morning, he adds chopped pistachios and a second drizzle of honey. See? Not so bad for you. (Here's how you can make your other favorite desserts a tad healthier.)

Alexis, the foodie behind the blog Hummusapien has a genius way to sneak vegetables into your breakfast bowl: Make zoats, aka zucchini oats. (Yes, zoats are a thing. Here are 9 other ways you can eat them.) To pull it off, she tosses grated zucchini into her bowl of oatmeal, along with mashed banana, vanilla almond milk, chia seeds, and cinnamon, and then adds toppings like walnuts and chocolate chips.

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Chai Overnight Oats

Handful of Raspberries

Just because you're starting to wear sandals doesn't mean you need to ditch your favorite winter spices. Cassie of Handful of Raspberries shakes cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and nutmeg into this healthy twist on an iced chai. But unlike a latte, this oat recipe is made with almond milk, ground flax, chia seeds, vanilla, and a touch of maple syrup for sweetness, so it'll actually keep you full—unlike your Starbucks order. (For all those times when you wind up eating breakfast there, stick to these 9 best things you can order at Starbucks, according to nutritionists.)

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Peaches and Cream Overnight Oats

Add a Pinch

Those flavored instant packets contain tons of sugar—and they're not nearly as tasty as this chilled recipe topped with fresh peaches. Robyn of Add A Pinch stirs old-fashioned oats into milk with a natural sweetener like honey or maple syrup, and then sticks the mixture in the fridge. When she's ready to eat, she adds fruit slices and a splash of heavy whipping or coconut cream. Spoon, please!

This list wouldn't be complete without something chocolate. Erin from The Almond Eater, adds almond milk, cacao, maple syrup, and cinnamon to her oats before chilling the mixture in the fridge. But the sweetest part (literally) is the banana and chocolate chips on top. (If this recipe sounds right up your alley, try making this dark chocolate, coconut, and almond smoothie bowl for breakfast, too.)

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